4000 Essential English Words

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improvise [impravaiz] V.


To improvise something is to do it with whatever is available or without planning.
—► There was no meat fo r the pizza, so we improvised with what was in the fridge.


latitude [Isetej/uid] n.


The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator.


—* The device was able to tell the traveler his exact latitude.

mariner [mseranar] n.
A mariner is a sailor.
—► The old mariner used his telescope to fin d the shore.

multitude [mAltipid] n.
A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them.
—> A multitude o f people were waiting at the airport.

nuisance [ryu.'ssns] n.
A nuisance is a person or thing that is annoying or causes a lot of problems.
—► The teenager considered her noisy little brothers to be quite a nuisance.

permanence [paxmanans] n.
The permanence of something is its ability to last forever.
—► Poor results will threaten the permanence o f the new teaching system.

revolve [rivdlv] V.
To revolve around something is to keep it as the main feature or focus.
—» My life revolves around sports.

soothe [su a] v.
To soothe means to calm someone who is angry or upset.
—► The mother soothed her crying baby by rocking him in her arms.

Stranded [straendid] adj.
If someone is stranded, they are prevented from leaving a place.
—» When the plane left, my sister and I were stranded in China.

volatile [vdlatil] adj.
When something is volatile, it is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly.
—► The volatile volcano m ight explode at any moment.
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